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? - THE OLD STORY.
?T-pv j^ood beside the fence that ran
Between their fathers* farms,
tip li ;in<d upon the topmost rail
Un ctrong and brawny arms.
H,,r ghoulder J">t came up to them.
A Mender maid was she.
Yet thai saw mit?! l'uni, otaiwart youta
ffn-> vt-ry plain to see.
Ah ,>arnei?tly he *poko to her.
Th.' Imming words he said
?1,,. eceniod to hear and heed, and yet
" <\i<' lift*-<i not her head,
For ?>? some daisies in her lmnd
Her eyes wero fixed, and*hese
ghe plucked to pieces one by ono
Ami east upon tho breeze.
As tlie la-it leaf hho plucked and flung
It on the wind, sho turned
jj, r eyes to his and saw tho lovo
Within their depths that burned,
a.ul then at last *ho seemed to cast
All doubt, all fear aside.
jll r lovo she did confess and gave
Hit troth to bo his bride.
Over tho fence ho lightly looi>ed
Ami clasped her to Ida breast,
An<l to her cheek, that brightly burned.
Hi- glowing Hps ho pressed.
Then, as the sunset's rosy glow
Brightened tho peaceful land,
With uappy hearts toward her home
Xhey wanden(t hand in hand.
Her lather in the dootway stood
As they cumo up tho walk,
Indifferent to nil around,
Absorbed in sweetest talk.
Be knew what suit his neighbor's son
Would make to him and smiled,
j-'ur ever luid ho wished that ho
Should wed his darling child.
And when tho young man, stammering,
asked
If lie might wed tho maid
Th<> old man in her lover's hand
His daughtcr'o gently laid.
Tho kindly words ho uttered filled
With joy tho lover's heart,
And to euch other pledged two lives
That only death could part.
?New York Ledger.
THE SELECT'S FALL:
"I do iioiie, my dear, that sho is
nut one of those dreadful new wom
en."
"j trust not, indeed."
The dean of Chirchester peppered
bis chop with a thoughtful air, and
Mrs. Carberry poured out his tea
with a hand which absolutely shook
with apprehension. Chirchester wae
a cathedral town which had not
traveled apace with the rest of the
world. It disapproved even of ten
us, except when played mildly on
private grounds, and had played
croquet steadily when croquet was
dead, with a lordly disregard for
the guests' amusement Now that
it had come in again they played it
joyfully, but still with the old light
mallets and wide hoops of their
youth. The mothers of Chirchester
read the new library books with
horror stricken looks and little
trickles of guilty enjoyment. Crick
et hunting and the new "biking"
were things their daughters might
not do. Biding gently along the
roads was ladylike and permissible,
but tho archdeacon's wife actually
blushed when a thoughtleBB person
asked her what safety habit her
daughter wore, for Louisa Holroyd's
pretty figure was hidden in an am
ple garment made by the local tai
lor, the skirt of which came well
below her deepest grievance, her
tiny buttoned boots. The archdea
con's wife was the sternest and
most unbending of the "select,'* as
tbe country people dubbed the
church circle.
1 The bishop and his fat, merry
wife had no children and were given
to laughing leniently at the vagaries
of the new woman. So it fell on
the archdeacon and the dean to keep
tho select circle together, asd,
though there was a twinkle in the
handsome dean's eye and a swing of
bis broad shoulders which hinted
he had sometimes played brighter
games than croquet, that, as Bud
yard Kipling would say, was "an
other story," and, so far, he and
the archdeacon had been equal to
their task.
Today the dean was disturbed as
he looked at an open letter on the
table. The letter was from a cousin
who was obliged to go abroad for
an indefinite time on business and
had written asking the dean if he
would give his only daughter a
home during his absence. "A bright,
plensant girl; I feel sure you would
like her as a companion to your own
girl," and if the dean consented she
was to come in a week. How could
he say no? He was to be liberally
paid for his guest, and her father
was an old friend; he must write to
eay he should bo delighted.
"I am giad," said Mrs. Carberry
nervously, "that Cinsio is away;
very glad. More tea, dear S" And in
sheer absence of mind she watered
the teapot from tho hot milk jug
sad handed a cup of the strange
liquid to tbe dean, who looked at it
?ssignedly and rose, for he was an
equably tempered man.
"Yes," he said, "it is an excellent
thing, for then, if the girl is at all
advanced, thsre will be time to get
her into our ways before Cissie re
turns. " *;
A week later. Tho dean and Mrs.
Carberry stepped nervously forward
as the mail thundered in from Lon
don and discharged its living freight
?? the plaLfoitm ; then their eye* lit
joyously on a girl clad in the quiet
Jt of traveling costumes, who was
evidently their guest.
"You are Helen Adair!"
'Ab. yes, and you are Mrs. Car
Jerryf" The girl held out her hand,
oexterously evading the affectionate
Pock which the elder lady would
have bestowed on her. She was a
slim girl, with big, mischie
vioub grey eyes and peculiarly
'tomty hands and feet
"Would you see to my things for
*ae, Mr. Dean* Here is the list."
And she vanished in tho crowd. The
lean made his way to the luggage
compartment and had just finished
fti8 task when Helon's voice Bounded
*weet and low at hia elbow:
Everything's there; I see. Would
you geta 6pecial messengertowheol
"?3 up. or shall I ride it f " She had
her hand on a smart bicycle, wmcn
she wntj rolling tenderly through
the crowd.
If tho box next to him had not
been a wicker one, tho dean would
have sot on it and gaspwl An if woo
ho gasped standing.
"My dear, a bicycle!" he said
weakly. A bicycle in tho innermost
circle of the select t
Helen Adair caught the stony de- '
spair in Mrs. Carberry's eyes and
saw the dean's flushed cheeks, and
her eyes danced suddenly as sho
took in tho situation.*
"Don't you rido one, [either of
you." she eaid sweetly. "Perhaps
I'd better ride it up. I'm very proud
of it"
A girl ou a bicycle following tho
deanery carriage ! The dean gasped
again and gave somo hasty orders
to a porter, and Helen was bundled
into the wagonette, hoi- eyes looking
somewhat anxiously back at her
precious wheel.
Between her natural kindliuesH
and her horror at receiving a new
woman into her home Mrs. Carberry
spent a restless evening, for they
sopn gathered that Helen hunted
and fished and shot, and y?t she
spoke of none of those things, but
drew the dean into an animated dis
cussion on the Transvaal question
at dinner and told Mrs. Carberry
of the latest things in chiffons after
ward. The dean could not help
thinking he had not spent such a
pleasant evening for a long time,
and Mra Carberry would have
agreed with him had it not been for
the metal steed reposing in the front
hall. As it was she thought of the
austere archdeacon and his wife, of
Mrs. Green, the doctor's wife and
others, and she sighed occasionally.
Mrs. Holroyd hastened to call
next day and came in with height
ened color, having passed the wheel
ed monster in the hall.
"You must put your foot down,"
she said sternly, drowning some
weak defense of Mrs. Carberry as to
every one riding now. "Remem
ber, my dear, no half measures.
She must not use it here. "
Then Helen came in, and matters
might have run smoothly had they
not begun to discuss with bated
breath one of the newest books, and
Helen joined in carelessly. "It'e
rather clever," ehe said.
Mrs. Holroyd dropped her glasses
with a clatter. You?have?read
?that?book?" she said, dropping
each word out slowly.
"Oh, yes 1" Helen smiled. "It is
a very ordinary book, you know. I
rather agree with the authoress."
Mra Holroyd rose slowly. She
could only show how shockod she
was by withdrawing her stately
presence. "No, thank you, Mrs.
Carberry," she said, "I cannot stay
for tea this evening. Good after
noon, Miss Adair. I cannot under
stand what your father must have
been thinking of to allow you even
to hear that book's name." And,
not without an. inkling that her last
sentence was slightly overdrawn,
she withdrew, leaving Helen t<s
laugh greatly at her antiquated
ideas. And cowardly Mrs. Carberry
forgot to defend her.
There gradually came a rift from
that time among the select; the girls
murmured openly because they were
not allowed to ride bicycles; they
: groaned enviously when they saw
Helen's numerous tennis prizes.
And Louisa Holroyd was said tc
have wept bitterly when she saw
Helen riding in a smart covert coat
j ing habit and caught a glimpse oi
the neat "tops" which just showed
I below the skirt The elders, tc
\ quell the rebellion, were stricte!
even than usual to their daughters
and prided themselves more than
ever on their customs not being ae
I other men's.
Mrs. Carberry was "at home" io
the surrounding country and town;
croquet was being played on the
trimly kept lawn, archery, bowls,
even Aunt Sally in a faraway cor
ner, where shouts of unseem'.y
laughter were smothered by sur
rounding shrubs. Every one had
come, the . day was cloudless, and
Mrs. Carberry felt it was all a tre
mendous success.
1* early every one bad gone in to
20a, only Helen and two flannel clad
young men were on the croquet
lawn, aimlessly hitting the balls
about They bad voted the tearoom
too hot to bear.
"Stupid game, isn't itS" said one
of the men, as he missed a hoop and
hit the ball away in disgust - .
"Yes.isn'titt" said Helen. "And,"
regretfully, "what a lovely cricket
ground it would make! I haven't
played for ages?no one does here."
"Oh, lota of the country girls do.
Look here, I came on from a cricket
practice. I've bats and b ball stuck
in the trees over there. Let's have1
up these hoops and ?'11 bowl to,
you."
. Helen was delighted and in a mo
ment walking sticks and an umbrel
la represented the wickets, and Hel
en was bitting distinctly easy balls
in all directions. The dean's portly
figure appeared ot the end of the
walk. He stood still, nmazed.
"Cricket, Helen!" be exclaimed,
laughing. "If Mrs. -Holroyd. saw
you ! Ha ve yon seen a parasol any
where f Old Lady Darner sent me
to look for hers; it's all real lace,
and she's anxious about it. "
"No, I haven't ? say, Uncle Jos
?she had long ago said Mr. Dean
was too formal?bowl me a ball.
They can't get me out," nodding
contemptuously at the two officers.
A distinctly ungrateful speech, con
sidering they had only been too
grateful to leave her in.
The deaft's fingers closed mechan
ically on' the leather covered boll
which Captain Elton handed to inm.
The trim lawn faded away, and he
heard again the triumphant yells ot
his side at Oxford,' when, with the
victory apparently a certainty for
iL? others, ne had bowled threo men
for three balls and left bis side vic
tors by two runs. Ho stepped care
fully up to the walking stick which
marked the second wicket, flourish
ed his arm once or twice and bowl
ed. It was a nasty, slow ball, break
ing in, and Helen's off stumi> went
down with a crash.
"What a splendid ball!" exclaim
ed the two men, and Helen clamored
for more, "for practice. " The dean
laughed triumphantly. Then Helen
suddenly exclaimed: "Let's have a
match, Undo Jos Church versus
State. I'm sure wo could beat those
two." And before the dean knew
where he was they had tossed for
going in, and he found himself bowl
ij)g vigorously at Captain Elton,
who, armed with a rake handle, was
at tho wickets.
"It is very hot," ho gasped, and,
looking round guiltily, he quickly
flung his coat on the grass and flew
to catch a ball which Captain Eltob
had returned to him. Then he stood
appalled, for the bishop's voice
came to his ears, and, turning, he
saw the bishop and his wife stand
ing close behind him. "Cricket!"
The bishop's pale, intellectual face
was full of laughter as he saw the
dean, coatless and breathless, flying
for the ball. "I thought this was
striotly forbidden."
"Oh, my lord, come and umpire.
We want one badly," called out
Helen, quite unabashed, and the
dean, who had stood still, horror
stricken, picked up the ball again
when he saw the lenient expression
on the episcopal face, and saw the
bishop move in to umpire, while
Mrs. Howard sat down en a bench
and absolutely shook with merri
ment. Cricket in the dean's gar
den ! It was too amusing.
By dint of what Helen called pok
ing, the two soldiers had made I?
runs, and then Helen took her place
at the wiokets. She was really a
fair lady cricketer, and, as fielders
were scarce, she ran up the score to
11 in a few minutes, retiring with a
cry of disgust as Captain Elton
caught her out cleverly with his left
hand..
"Now, Mr. Dean," the bishop's
wife called out impatiently, as the
dean stood hesitating. "Go in;
there's no one else to see."
And the dean went in. A rake
handle is not the best of bats, but
the dean made a mighty smite,
caught tho ball on the half volley,
and away it went over all their
heads into a clump of bushes. Once,
twice, thrice did the dean fly to the
stick and . back?his breath' was
gone, hid face was scarlet?four
times.
"I can't go again," he gasped pit
eously.
"You must!" Helen had set her
heart on winning. "One more and
we win; run, Uncle Jos, runl" But
tho delay was almost. fata), for, as
the dean turned to run back, Cap
tain Elton flung in the bal 1. |3
"Bun on !" cried the bishop's wife.
"Ohldohurrjr."
"Out!" cried Mr. Ely, banging
down a walking stick.
"Oh, no; in!" said Helen. .
The dean had no breath - to. argue
with.
"In or out, my lord?" The rivals
appealed both together to the bishop,
who was holding bis sides as. he
laughed; but, then what a sight met;
their eyesk as they turned. The'
whole of the dean's large party
stood looking on, on the edge of the
ground, led by Mrs. Holroyd, and'
what had ' they seen as they came
up! The dean, their dean, flying,
coatless and hatless, up and down,
playing cricket in the sacred, pre
cincts of the deanery, and the bishop
cheering him and laughing. How
could the select ever hold tip their
heads again, and before all the
country, too?the country which
they had so often lectured on its ad
vanced ways? Mrs. Holroyd looked
round in stony despair, words that
were too bitter to utter trembled on
her lips.
The dean hurriedly picked up his
coat and bid as much of bis breath
less person inside it as was possible.
The bishop had decided be was fairly
in, so his triumph enabled him to
face without flinching the glare in
the eyes of his circle and his wife's
piteous face.
"My parasol, Mr. Dean!" es id
Lady Darner smiling; "you appear
to have forgotten it." ,
"lam eo sorry," stammered the
dean. "It wasn't here, and I"?
Ladv Damer put up her pince ses
doubtfully. "I really believe,1 ' she
said, "yes, indeed?why, you were
using it as a wicket, " and she fished
the middle stump, which was adorn
ed with lace, out of the ground.
lira. Carberry groaned audibly.
"It was my fault, " exclaimed Hel
en. "I never looked at it5 "
"Never mind, my dear," saitf the
old lady, laughing, "you must come
out and play cricket with nry grand
children. We'll get up a match,
Mrs. Carberry, as you don't object*
to cricket cow. Let me see, shall,
we say next week?-Thursday!" dad
Mrs. Carberry said, "Yes."
The fall of the select was com
plete, for they picked eides and
played more cricket that same after
noon-?minus the dean?Mrs. Hol
royd accepted her defeat and Was.
silent even when Alicia Holroyd an
nounced openly that she must Como
up to try a ride on Helen s bicycle.
Only Louisa Holroyd sat away and
spoke no rebellious words, but she
was. deciding what color her nevf
habit would be and whether sho
would buy brown top boots or black.
.7';.- 1 : .. ' ; s- .
A GERMAN HOUSEBOAT. j
The View* That Gre?t a Traveler on the
Klvcr Ilavel, .-.
Imagine a broad flat bottomed
Lcmt 100 Tool ioug with a nouse upon
It ! In the bow is a good sized saloon
or sitting room, with ten windows?
five on each side?and a door, half j
glass, leading to an awning shaded
deck. From the saloon one looks
down a corridor, so long and so nar
row that ono almost expects to seo
ninepins at the far end. The cabins
are on each side. In the storn are a
pantry and a tiny kitchen. Ono
cabin is devoted to clothes, hanging
on hooks and lying folded on tho
unused oerths ; iu another is n large
batb'.ub, utilized only as a place in
whfch to store wine and sodu water
bottles. Tho clear river water on !
all sides is so enticing to bathers !
that tubs are not wanted.
Tho river Havel is full of lovely J
surprises. It widens out into quiot
lakes fringed with rushes, whero
water birds chirp and whistle, build '
their nests and rear their young, I
Tho shore is thickly wooded with '
alders, white birches, limes and :
towering fir trees, whose somber j
crowns even the sunlight can scarce- j
ly brighten, though it reddens their j
slender boles till at sunset thoy |
gleam like copper. The ueacias are i
in^ull bloom at this season. Their !
pure white blossoms bang high out j
of reaoh and fiiug such a wealth of i
fragrance on tho air that ono thinks j
of the lemon and orunge groves of
the south. Flat, sandy Brandenburg j
has no lovelier spot than the conn- !
try surrounding Potsdam. The '
neighborhood is full of palaces? j
Babelsberg, beloved by the old em- !
peror; tbe marble palace, where
William II lived as crown princo ; '
Sans Souci, on which Frederick the
Great lavished so much. car9 and
treasure; the new palace, which tho |
same Frederick built to prove that j
the Seven Years' war had not ex
hausted his resources; the house on
the Pfauen in sel (Peacock island),
which Queen Ijouise loved, and Glie
nicke, now inhabited by Prince Leo-,
pold, the cousin of tho emperor,
who married the emperor's sister.
Near all these interesting dwell
ings, on a lakelike expanse in the
midst of the charming balsamy i
woods, floats the anchored boat- |
bouse, swinging in the breeze, until
to the inhabitants it seems as if she
had left- her moorings and had start
ed on a voyage of exploration. The
quiet is broken only by the singing
of birds, and the persistent croak of
the frogs which hide in the rushes.?
Harper's Bazar.
The Many Bibles.
It is estimated that at the begin- I
ning of the present century not
more than 5,000,000 or 6,000,000
copies of the Scriptures were in ex- j
istenco in the whole world. I have
Been no estimate as ' ^ the number
of copies probably in existence at
the present time, hut in one year,
1888, alone, the statistics for which,
happen to be at hand, the number
of copies issued considera bly exceed
ed the 0,000,000which were possibly
: in existence,in the" whole" world in
1800. Initbe decade preceding this
year, 1878-88, the number pub
lished in various languages is gives '
'as having been about 34,000,000?
some six times 'the whole number in
existence when;the century began.
It ia certain that the number of
copies now existing must be num
bered], by the hundred millions.
From the rooms of the British and
Foreign - Bible society in London
alone are sent forth daily from
5,000 to 7,000 copies, to which must
be sdded the copies issued from all
their subordinate depots in various
lands, and the issues of the Ameri
can Bible society, and of several
other lesser bodies; so that the re
cent statement is quite credible
which puts the whole number of
copies of the Scriptures issued since
the century began as over 404,000,- ,
000.?Church at Home and Abroad. {
. . The Power of Cannon.
La Nature contains a short note in
which the horsepower of a cannon
is calculated. An Italian cannon of
100 tons, with a charge of 650 pounds
of powder and a shot weighing
about 2,000 pounds, will give an in-.
itial velocity of 523 meters per sec
ond. The length of time during
which the power acts ia less than
one-hundredth of a second, ' from
which it follows that the horsepower
developed is about 17,000,000. The
writer adds that after about 100
shots the cannon 1b put out of serv
ice, and its total active life is there
fore only one second. In large
modern ennnon the horsepower runs
as high as 24,000,000. If the writer
had carried out these calculations
still further, he would have found
that, after all, this 24,000,000 horse
power does not represent a large
amount of energy, as it would be
just sufficient to run 31 incandescent
lamps for only one day.
His Money's Worth.
"What ever induced you to marry
euch a big man?"
"Well, he married me for my
money, so I wanted to get my mon
ey's worth. "?Detroit Free Press.
A Blaser?
She had no bell.
At the crosswalk a stalwart police
man awajitcd her coming.
What could she do ? ,
As the ! full measure of her peril
dawned upon her she let go of the
handle bar and wrung her hands.
Then the policeman smiled and
passed on.?Cycling? Gazette.
? Sonie author tells us that "much
is said about the tongue." True, the
thing is iu everybody's mouth.
MODERN ARMIES.
Their LargcurK? Has a Tendwuoy to Make
Thrill Illlllioblle.
We ai'o l)v no inrwinu onrg tfeftt *'.r
inies at the end of the nineteenth
century are not to houio extent in
the condition of the armies of the
last few years of the eighteenth cen
tury. No doubt tho modern generals
are, or, shall we say seem, less
sleopy headed than tho old bewig
ged Austrian's and Prussians, though
they, it muet be remembered, were
in their day reckoned men of science.
But at the same time we suspect that
a good deal of our modern military
organization has become stiff aifcl
unpractical. We shall be told, no
doubt, that the Prussian army went
like clockwork in 1870, but wo must
be allowed to doubt whether the j
clockwor1: is quite as good now as
it was then, in spite of appearances.
Besides, Prussia had just tho very
force opposed to her in 1870 against
which good clockwork would ho
sure to prevail?a pieco of bogus
military mechanism. Whether Prus
sia would have had as easy a victory
if some Frenchman had arisen capa
ble of organizing and using a really
mobile force of 60,000 men is anoth
er question. It is possible that such
a spearhead stuck into tho clock
work might have doue a great deal
of damage. That, however, is spec
ulation. What wo do know is that
the Prussian army was a splendid
fighting organism at the end of the
Soven Years' war, and that at Jena,
some 40 years after, it proved utter
ly unable to meet Napoleon's quick,
fierce assault.
In spite, then, of the magnificent
organization of the present Euro
pean armies and of their vast sizo,
we believe it to bo qui to possible
that some new Alexander may arise
who will organize a new method of
fighting which, for a time, at any
rate, may bring all their far stretch
ed greatness to ruin. Of course such
a genius in tho art of war may nev
er get to the front, but that his op
portunity exists in the present bloat
ed armaments we have no sort of
doubt. Yet, it will bo said, how about
the big battalions? All military au
thorities agree that in the end, and
considering that the European na
tions are practically equal in cour
age and morale, the way to win u
battle is to confront five men of the
enemy with eight, or, if possible,
ten, men of your own. That proves '
that the big armies will always beat
the small? By no means. It is be
cause we entirely and absolutely ac
quiesce in the big battalions theory
?"Providence is on the side of the
big battalions," was Napoleon's dic
tum?that we hold that small and
properly organized mobile armies
will beat the huge, unwieldy armies
that the modern European strate
gists contemplate putting into the
field. Remember, your big battal
ions must confront the little battal
ion not on paper, but on the ground;
hence, if a body of 20,000 men con
be swiftly and suddenly confronted
with a body of 40,000, the big bat
talions rule is on the sidr of the
40,000. The fact that the 20,000 be
long to an organization which has
a couple of hundred thousand men
behind it does not matter. Unless
the 200,000 men sre available at tho
moment ihey do not count.
An extremely mobile army, ready '
to spring first in one direction and
then in another, is quite capable of i
beating an army three or four times !
its size and beating it always by
having a substantial majority of
combatants in every actual engage
ment. Of course the big army may
be so splendidly organized that it
will be quite as mobile, if not more
mobile, than the small army. In
that case the small army will bo
.swallowed whole. AH we contend
is that the hugeness of the European
armies tends to mako them immo
bile and that, therefore, it is always
possible that some clever invention
in the direction of intense mobility
may give victory to a small and ap
parently noi particularly well found
army in other respects.;?London
Spectator._'
7b? Himrmn or tne Brave.
- Holding the baby in bis left arm
while he grasped his saber with his
right, Captain Highuchi marched tc
the capture of the next fort, receiv
ing at one time a bullet through his
cap. The fort was taken in gallant
style, the baby meanwhile looking
on in wondering surprise at the din
and uproar of the battle, perfectly
content to rest on the kind hearted
captain's shoulder. When all was
over this gallant officer gave his
tiny oharge to some of his troopers,
who bore the child in safety to a
Chinese house in a village hard by.
?"Heroic Japan. "
Before Jenner.
I Vox inoculating the Russian em
press and hex -son Paul against
smallpox in 1768 Baron Dimsdale
! received $50,000 as a fee, $10,000 for
; expenses and an annuity of $2,500,
j while, in addition to all this, he was
, granted the title of baron. This
! was just 30 years before Jenner's
discovery of vaccination, for which
parliament granted him $150,000 al
together.
What Save* It.
Mr. Snaggs?Rainmaking would
be a lost art but for one thing,
j Mrs Snaggs?AVhat is that?
Mr. Snaggs?It never had been
found. ? Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
graph. <
Hie Speech i let rayed 01m.
He-^My friend is opposed to every
thing English. I .
. SheU-Yes. I noticed that in his
conversation.?Yonkers Statesman.
A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
The Kevcuge at tho .Tune FUh on the
Blanket FUh Waa Complete.
"Sp?aki?jg about nsn," said tho
retired augler, who, sated with n
long aud varied experience, told odd
and wonderful tales of fish and fish
ermen when seated in some friend
ly cafe, "ono of the oddest things
that ever came within my ken hap
pened several years ago ou tho south
Texas coast, in Corpus Christi bay,
and since that time I lirmly believe
that even fish aro actuated at times
by tho most commendable senti
ments of friendliness and conserva
tism.
"One day, when I was fishing
from a small boat somo miles from
tho shore and near uu old wreck in
tho bay, I found that tho water was
so clear that the fish were able to
trace the lino to the boat, and they
persistently refusod to take tho bait,
realizing the yank at tho end of it.
Getting tired at last of fishing aud
catching nothing, I bent my head
over the side of the dory aud watch
ed tho fish as they played about tho
sandy bottom. The water was about
12 foot deep, yet tho bottom was ae
clearly visible as if it had been but
two. Whilo I watched tho antics of
tho fish 1 saw an imruenso bulk
slowly paddlo within the radius of
my vision. It was a great juno fish,
one of tho sort that equals in bulk a
Louisiana cow.
"Tho fish settled upon tho sand
directly under the boat, and then,
to my amazement, it opened its oov
ernous mouth, and out cjimosevoral
score of small fishes, which began
to frolic in evident enjoyment.
While they thus amused themselves
a shadow grow upon tho bottom,
and I mado out tbe fovm of a very
largo blanket fish stealthily slipping
toward tbe unsuspecting small fry.
Suddenly they saw the onomy, and
with a mad rush tho lot mado for
the mouth of tho big juno fish. The
latter, however, happened to bo
closed upon a too venturesome crab
and did not open to reooivo them
quick euough, and the blanket fish
swallowed about a dozen before the
crab disappeared within tho mow of
the june fish. The depleted school
sought refuge in the mouth of its
elephantine protector, and, with u
sluggish flap of its basslike tail, tbe
hulk swam out of sight, and the
blanket fish proceeded sweetly to
slumber upon the brown sands.
"This is where it made a mistake
Possibly not five minutes had elaps
ed before I saw the juno fish peep
from behind the wreck, and then,
as it saw the blanket fish sleeping,
it slowly made its way toward the
devouror of its small friends. As
it halted above the blunket fish, and
almost directly beneath my boat, I
saw that it held in its tremendous
mouth a large rock. Just as I made
this discovery the june fish let the
rock roll from its mouth, and it fell
with a dull thud, which 1 could dis
tinctly hear, directly upon the liver
colored back of its enemy. The
stone must have weighed 50 pounds,
and it must have severed the verte*
br of the blanket fish, for the latter
gave a fearful jerk, and then for a
little while its long tail wiggled des
perately and its horned brow dog
up the sand in clouds. When its
struggles ended, I saw that it was I
dead and almost covered with the
sand it had disturbed in its efforts
to escape the rook.
"When the water had cleared, the
big june fish came creeping again
from behind tho wreck and follow
ing it tho residue of the school of
small fry that had apparently been
taken in charge of by their big pro
tector. Ascertaining beyond a doubt
that tho blanket .fish had passed in
its fishy cheeks, the june fish and
the small fry merrily gamboled
above the corpse of their antagonist,
and there I left them."?St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
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